universal service

Telecom Act Aides Say Failure to Define Broadband Sparked Years of Regulatory Fights

At the Benton Institute event, panelists reflect on successes and failures of the Telecom Act of 1996

Expert Opinion

Marcelo Oliveira: The Router is the Next Strategic Battleground for ISPs

ISPs risk ceding the high-value digital services layer of the connected home to tech giants like Amazon and Google.

Data Center

President Trump Issues ‘Rate Payer Protection Pledge’ Proclamation

Experts have said data centers are being added significantly faster than capacity is likely to catch up

BEAD

NTIA Needs More Time to Issue Guidance on Non-Deployment Funding, State AI Laws

Agency guidance on the issue was expected March 11.

universal service

Markey Criticizes FCC Rollbacks, Republican Opposition to Affordability Programs

Markey announced his children’s online privacy act passed the Senate.

Policyband

ACLP Study Suggests NTIA Is Steering BEAD Billions to Many Weakling ISPs

ACLP said small ISPs set to expand their markets drastically because of BEAD money may not have 'the bona fides' to meet their deployment commitments

Africa

African Tower Infrastructure Faces Fourfold Data Surge by 2030

Helios Towers calls Africa the world's top tower growth market.

MWC2026

AT&T Said It Generated 5x Return on AI Investment

Amdocs said it is launching a new agentic operating system for managing AI agents across carrier networks

Rural

GCI Liberty CEO Says Universal Service Fund Is Essential for Alaska

GCI receives 40% of its $1 billion in annual revenue from the Universal Service Fund

Data Center

AWS Says Telecoms Will Outsource AI Infrastructure as On-Premises Costs Prove Prohibitive

Capital budgets already stretched across broadband and capacity are constraining room for GPU investment for the industry.

Nuclear

U.S. Issues First Commercial Construction Permit for a Nuclear Reactor in Years

The commission granted the permit Wednesday for a Bill Gates-backed company to build a sodium-cooled nuclear reactor in western Wyoming.

Child Safety

KIDS Act Passes Energy and Commerce along Partisan Lines, COPPA 2.0 Postponed

Additional bills on kids online safety and cybersecurity passed with bipartisan support

Infrastructure

FCC’s March Agenda: Copper Retirement, Call Center Onshoring

The agency’s next open meeting is set for March 26, 2026

MWC2026

Vodafone Forms Open-Access Satellite Company to Close Europe's Connectivity Gaps

In the same keynote, AT&T's Stankey said company had achieved 40% improvement in software development efficiency through AI

Satellite

Wireless Carriers Not Worried About Competition from SpaceX

The satellite company sent leaders to MWC this week to tease plans for its Starlink Mobile service.

Iowa

City of Bellevue In Iowa to Sunset Cable TV, Citing Streaming Network Competition

Bellevue’s broadband network will continue to operate.